Category Archives: Anatomy + Asana at Large

Physical Therapist Chris Lieb recently argued in an article for Yoga U Online that there’s an insurgence of one particularly faulty mindset in physical training: “A mindset has emerged over the years where specific muscles are viewed as the culprits for all physical deconditioning or dysfunction. Want a six-pack? Work those abs. Having difficulty walking?…

Traditions have a strong place in society. They establish a line of continuity to the past and remind us, if we let them, where we came from. Traditions and rituals also feed stability into our otherwise rapidly shifting lives. Often because we depend on them for comfort and familiarity, we accept them without question. While it’s…

Learning human kinesiology and anatomy can be rough. We know this. There are so many facts to keep straight and it gets really complicated real quick. Right? Yes and no. It’s complicated to learn kinesiology because human systems are complex. A great distinction discussed by Todd Hargrove on his site Better Movement. He explains in…

In our anatomy classes, we can sometimes be found discussing how the design of the human body makes us well suited to one thing or another. That our “design” makes a certain behavior or action “natural” and another pathological or at least weird. We think it’s important to talk about our structure as it relates…

You may have seen the numbers and they’re impressive. Yoga in the US is on the rise according to Marlynn Wei’s reporting in the Harvard Health Blog about a recent Yoga Alliance and Yoga Journal survey. More and more people are practicing yoga! It’s great that we’re reaching more people every year, but sadly, it seems that some…

Restorative yoga teacher and therapist Bo Forbes recently shared her powerful journey through injury and recovery through embodied practices. She offers up this powerful reminder on pushing our bodies too far –resulting in a disembodied flexibility or strength– in yoga practice, whether in recovery or just everyday practice: An inconvenient truth: just because we practice…